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The Spider Thread (Il filo del ragno)
(from a lecture by Masao Yokota)
The Buddha was in a lotus-filled garden when he perceived a man named “Kandata” who was squirming in the depths of Hell. He had been a murderer, an arsonist, and thief. A lifetime of these causes had put him in hell. He was in the company of others like him.
The Buddha looked further into Kandata’s life and saw an incident where Kandata came upon a spider. He raised his foot to stomp on it. Suddenly, he reconsidered, thinking, "There is no doubt that this spider is also a living being and it is a shame to take its life for no reason." In the end he spared the spider.
Knowing this, the Buddha took a spider thread and lowered it to into depths of Hell with the intention of saving Kandata.
Kandata reached for the thread and found it strong enough to hold his weight. Using all his strength he began lifting himself from Hell.
After some progress, he looked down and saw hundreds of others behind him climbing on the same spider thread.
He shouted back at them: “Get off! This is mine!” Just then, the thread broke and Kandata fell back into Hell.
"An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstances. The thread may stretch or tangle, but never break." ~Chinese Proverb
Handmade for main series key art
Video for series promo: vimeo.com/88769028
Series Blurb: A single thread. By itself, a thread is thin and fragile. But when thread after thread after thread is woven together, there is strength, there is substance—even beauty.
And what is the fabric of a church? Is it not woven together by the threads of beliefs and relationships and aspirations?
Large, and velvety blue and red, Ammophila nigricans is one of our most beautiful wasps. I was fortunate to have a very cooperative female subject for several hours in Leavenworth, Kansas, August 24, 2017.
A few days doing a little train chasing with Aussie Graham Cotterall in the area...
Hardly a cloud in the sky all week, but unfortunately the short days, generally short trains, and limited midwinter sun angles didn't yield a great bounty, but I thank Graham greatly for the chauffeuring service, as I wouldn't normally be bothered getting out to see these.
Early morning light on 920 threading its way out of some bush and pines along the Pacific Ocean coast near Shag Point.
26 June 2019, train 920, 5379-4513, Shag Point, SIMT, NZ
✰ This photo was featured on The Epic Global Showcase here: bit.ly/1T3geDn
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by @jbbevel on Instagram.
"An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place and circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle. But it will never break." - Chinese proverb
i’m so proud of my tiny sewing machine thread rack! it’s MY own thread stash – eek!! so many beautiful colors just waiting to be used :) and i love my new quill&fox card :)
They're getting smaller (oldest is on left through newest on right)! They're all made on the same 2.5mm hook from size 10 thread held double. I don't know if my gauge is changing from the way I'm working them or if there is that much difference between different brands of thread.
(I am making a bunch because I also make them for the co-hosts.)
Do y'all still worry about nuclear annihilation? I remember watching Threads when I were but a young balloon and having terrible trouble sleeping for many nights after - though that was 1984 and the USSR was still with us with all its associated Cold War madness. But it was never really being obliterated that was the concern: it was more having to survive afterwards, what with the bleak desolation, irradiated food, mutant rabbits, and the inevitability of the Zombocalypse following the Nuclear one. Been a while since I worried about all that. Except for the rabbits and the zombies, of course.
Oh, the flowers look like missiles launching or exploding, y'see. Hence the stream of consciousness.
It wasn't until I had converted this shot to mono that I noticed that the "threads" stood out as much as they do.
Best to view in Lightbox, press L.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Exposure 3.2 seconds @ f/13
Filter used Lee 2 stop ND
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